Georgia Officials Loudly Defy Supreme Court Ruling
In Atlanta Gov. Herman Talmadge and Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook signaled open defiance of the Supreme Court ban on school segregation. School Superintendent M. D. Collins warned lasting change will take decades, while a state commission plans procedures to sidestep the ruling.
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Atlanta
Georgia
U. S. Supreme Court
Herman Talmadge
High Court
Eugene Cook
M. D. Collins
Community Chest to Hold Annual Meeting Tonight
The Winchester Frederick County Community Chest prepares for its annual meeting at 8 p.m. tonight in the George Washington Hotel. President Vincent A. Catozella invites public input on controversial Chest proposals and reports on last year’s work. Officers and 16 board members will be elected, with planning for next fall’s campaign and agency presentations by Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Children’s Home Society and USO included.
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Winchester- Frederick County
Community Chest
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Children’s Home Society
Winchester Day Nursery
Negro Day Nursery
Salvation Army
United Defense Fund
USO
Clearbrook
S. C. Whetzell
Slowdown in New School Construction Seen First Effect in Virginia
Virginia officials foresee a slowdown in building new schools as the Supreme Court ruling ends separate white and Negro facilities. Plans for location and size may be revised while a new public school policy is charted. Governor Stanley to convene state and local leaders to discuss impacts.
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Virginia
Richmond
Supreme Court
Stanley
Wills to Speak At Harris Building Dedication Sunday
Everett Wills of Luray and Virginia State Firemen's Association president will speak at the Harris Community Building dedication in Middletown. Robert O Neal will preside as Charles Harris of Bathmore attends in memory of Carleton Harris. The program includes histories of the Middletown Fire Company and Auxiliary, with prayers, refreshments, and fire truck rides for children. Groundbreaking occurred November 4 1950 and the hall serves the fire company, auxiliary and local groups.
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Everett Wills
Luray
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Harris
Middletown
Robert O'Neal
Charles Harris
Bathmore
Carleton Harris
Middletown Fire Company
T. Ainsworth Sperry
Howard Shull
E. B. Caplinger
Reliance
Harris Community
Fire Company
W. B. Little
The
Lions, Grange
Modern Woodmen
Sperry
Fred Wealthy
G. W. Borden
Shull
B. J. Burdett
Sarah Ridings
Peggy Lawton
Nationalists Say Planes Sank Red China Warship
The Chinese Nationalist air force said its planes sank a 1 500 ton Communist warship near San Men Bay 150 miles south of Shanghai using eight 500 pound bombs. They claimed also damaging a smaller vessel and said eight 500 pound bombs sank the main warship. All Nationalist planes returned safely as attacks increase.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Sanmen Bay
Shanghai
Hainan Island
China
Nationalist Defense Ministry
West Red secret talks on Indochina peace continue
In Geneva the Western powers and Communist leaders held a second private session over Indochina peace. They press for a cease fire followed by political talks while awaiting responses from Molotov or Chou En Lai. Western proposals mirrored Bidault’s duty plan for troop withdrawals and Viet Nam zones.
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Geneva
Indochina
Russia
Vu. M. Molotov
Red China
Chou En-lai
France
Georges Bidault
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Molotov
Chou
Vietminh
Pham van Dong
Dien Bien Phu
Governor Stanley Defers Virginia Conference to June
Governor Stanley delays a conference of state and local officials on the Supreme Court school desegregation ruling until early June. He says the decision will not affect public schools opening next fall and that they will study acceptable solutions with more time for consideration.
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Gov. Stanley
Richmond
Supreme Court
Virginia
Segregation Plans for Virginia Schools Explored
Officials discuss options for opening Virginia schools to white and Negro pupils. One idea involves leasing schools to private groups to run under the segregated system. several southern states pursue similar schemes. If integration proceeds, local boards would set attendance districts and determine pupil placement, with many Black students likely remaining in current schools and most white students in their existing schools.
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Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Nehru urges ceasefire as top Geneva task
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament the Indonesian cease-fire should be Geneva's priority and fighting halt before other issues. He proposed a loose union of Communist and anti-Red factions in Korea and Indochina with gradual unity, preserving separate Korean governments but a temporary overall authority. The other item notes Stephens City Fire Co. monthly meeting at the Fire Hall at 8.
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New Dehli
India
Nehru
Tower House
Korea
Indochina
Local Officials Silent On Supreme Court School Ruling
Winchester officials mostly declined comment on the Supreme Court decision ruling segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Only John H. Rosenberger, chairman of the Winchester School Board, spoke, urging reliance on statements by Gov. Thomas Stanley and Senator Harry Byrd and action by the state legislature and State Board of Education before local steps. Other district superintendents and board chairs offered no remarks pending fuller understanding of the ruling.
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U. S. Supreme Court
John H. Rosenberger
Winchester School Board
Rosenberger
George W. Burton
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Charles E. Bass
Jelke Conviction Reversed by Court New Trial Ordered
New York court reversed Minot F. Jelke’s compulsory prostitution conviction and ordered a new trial. The Appellate Division ruled the trial’s closed hearings violated fair trial rights, citing an intolerable situation and improper press exclusion.
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Jelke
New York
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Appeals Division
State Supreme Court
Child Fatally Scalded by Coffee Percolator Cord
Fourteen month old Kirk Clark pulled an electric coffee maker cord, spilling scalding coffee on himself. He died in Arlington hospital after sustaining burns over 25 percent of his body. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Everett Clark.
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Arlington
Kirk Clark
Kirk
Arlington Hospital
Everett Clark
Virginia Merchants Elect New VRMA President
Ben E. Lum of Petersburg was elected president of the Virginia Retail Merchants Assn VRMA at the annual meeting in Alexandria. He succeeds the former leader and takes charge of the statewide merchants group.
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Virginia
Alexandria
Ben E. Lum
Petersburg
The
Virginia Retail Merchants Assn
VRMA
Moscow Blamed for Agitating Strife in Central America
U S officials say Moscow instigated unrest in Central America, citing Costa Rica Nicaragua and Honduras incidents and a large arms shipment to Guatemala from the Polish controlled port of Stettin now in Red Poland. State Department notes arms unloaded at Puerto Barrios Guatemala and calls it gravity.
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Washington
Moscow
Central America
U. S
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Stettin
Red Poland
State Department
Puerto Barrios
United States
Anastasio Somoza
Pacific
White House Likely to Stand Pat on McCarthy Hearings
President Eisenhower is not expected to change his order barring testimony by government officials about talks within the administration on the McCarthy Pentagon dispute. Senate investigations chair Mundt plans talks with Atty. Gen. Brownell as the panel weighs whether to modify the order, while Ferguson says hearings could continue.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Senate
Hisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
Pentagon
Mundt
RSD
McCarthy
Atty
Gen. Brownell
Secretary of Defense
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Green's Plea for Injunction Taken Under Advisement
In Alexandria a three judge federal court heard Arlington attorney Joci Locke Green's bid to be certified for the Virginia Democratic primary. Green argued the state's primary rules unconstitutional and that the 10th District Democratic committee erred in not certifying him. The court gave no ruling date.
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Alexandria
Arlington
Joci Locke Green
Congress
Green
Armistead Dobie
Sterling Hutcheson
Albert V. Bryan
10Th District
Democratic Committee
Charles R. Fenwick
Fenwick
Virginia Democratic Party
Armistead Boothe
Temporary Officers Named for Democratic Convention at Waynesboro
James W. Fletcher announced temporary officers for the Democratic District Convention in Waynesboro with G Fred Switzer as temporary chairman Louise Howell as temporary secretary and W W Smallwood as temporary sergeant at arms. The convention to open at 1 30 p m at Waynesboro High School will nominate a candidate for Congress with the incumbent Burr P Harrison likely to be named.
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Sperryville
James W. Fletcher
7Th Congressional District
Democratic Committee
Waynesboro
G. Fred Switzer
Harrisonburg
Fletcher
Louise Howell
Amherst
W. W. Smallwood
Berryville
Switzer
Congress
Burr P. Harrison
Robert K. Woltz
Winchester
Harrison
Felix E. Edmunds
House of Delegates
Staunton
Augusta County
Charles H. Davidson
Lexington
William Macbeth
St. John's Episcopal Church
Waynesboro High School
Business Leaders of America
Curry Carter
J. E. Bailey
Lovingston
Nelson County
E. B. Moore
Clarke County
Charles G. Price
Stanley
Page County
George Aldhizer
Rockingham County
C. M. Shannon
Mr. Jackson
Bruce Bowie
Washington
Rappahannock
William C. Armstrong, Jr
Front Royal
Warren County
Harry Nash
Gibson Baker
Walter Harris
Roy G. Hite
Hot Springs
Bath County
Virginia Babcock
Amherst County
Ruling Favors Plaintiff in $25,000 Damage Suit
Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Elliott Marshall ruled in favor of plaintiff Mrs. Dorothy Allamong in a $25,000 auto crash damage suit stemming from a June 16 1952 collision on U S Route 11 near DeHaven's Nursery north of Winchester. The defendants Edward D Seurs and C W Duff were found liable by law negligence though final settlement amount to be decided later that afternoon. The case was presented by attorney for the plaintiff Scully and Waltz with Falls Church attorney Senator A K Donovan representing the defendants.
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Frederick County
Elliott Marshall
U. S. Rt. 11
Dorothy Allamong
Ike Allamong
Near Clearbrook
Edward D. Seurs
C. W. Duff
Charles Town
W. Va
Scully and Waltz
DeHaven
Winchester
Rebels Release 18 More Wounded From Fallen Fort
In Indochina the French high command announced 18 more French Union wounded from Dien Bien Phu arrived in Luang Prabang by helicopter after air strikes targeted Vietminh convoys along highway 41 toward the delta. Twelve were seriously wounded. the release followed a hospital route amid ongoing negotiations in Geneva.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
High Command
Luang Prabang
Laos
Geneva
Hong van Hoan
Red China
Pierre Huard
Son la
Delta
Special Council Meeting Tonight To Review Budget
A special meeting of the Com mon Council is set for 7:30 this evening at City Hall to bring the budget for the coming fiscal year and other items to final reading. A public hearing on the budget may be held June 8. the 1954 calendar year tax and bank stock tax rates and water and sewer rates are also on the agenda for third and final readings.
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Common Council
Weather Outlook for Virginia May 19 to 23
Extended Virginia outlook notes temperatures averaging normal to four degrees below normal. Cool Wednesday and Thursday, warmer Friday through Sunday. Rain likely Sunday with total about one half inch.
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Richmond
Virginia
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